Bowhunter50
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Hello all!
I recently purchased an OR helium jacket (6.4 oz rain jacket) and a Kuiu Chugach rain jacket along with OR foray rain pants. I figure the OR helium will be my go to early season rain jacket for backpacking trips where I've checked the forecast and shouldn't run into much rain. The Chugach will be reserved for when I'm expecting rain and will be using my rain jacket quite a bit.
The problem is before I purchased these items I had run Kryptek poseidon rain gear and hardly ever used it - mostly to block wind or stay dry setting up camp in the rain, I mostly plan on holing up in a bad storm. I've only really hunted Utah, however, next year I'm planning on starting to spend points I've accumulated in Wyoming, Colorado and Nevada for deer and elk - mostly mountain hunts. I guess I liked the idea of buying one of the best rain jackets out there so I'm prepared for anything. Now I'm questioning whether or not this purchase was worth the money and feeling a bit of buyer's remorse. I'm only planning on doing three hunts a year - a week long bowhunt in late August / September and a week long rifle hunt in October along with some whitetails back in Texas over the holidays.
I'm wondering if perhaps I would be better off using the OR helium jacket as my only option for real rain gear and my dedicated shell for archery and then purchasing something like the kuiu axis and using that as my shell for rifle hunts in October and whitetails since I'll likely get more use out of it. I'll also add that I anticipate doing a truck camp for most of my rifle hunts and backpacking (if it makes sense for the unit) for most of my archery hunts. I already have good base layers, mid layers and a puffy. Just wondering about the shell....
Thanks for the help!
I recently purchased an OR helium jacket (6.4 oz rain jacket) and a Kuiu Chugach rain jacket along with OR foray rain pants. I figure the OR helium will be my go to early season rain jacket for backpacking trips where I've checked the forecast and shouldn't run into much rain. The Chugach will be reserved for when I'm expecting rain and will be using my rain jacket quite a bit.
The problem is before I purchased these items I had run Kryptek poseidon rain gear and hardly ever used it - mostly to block wind or stay dry setting up camp in the rain, I mostly plan on holing up in a bad storm. I've only really hunted Utah, however, next year I'm planning on starting to spend points I've accumulated in Wyoming, Colorado and Nevada for deer and elk - mostly mountain hunts. I guess I liked the idea of buying one of the best rain jackets out there so I'm prepared for anything. Now I'm questioning whether or not this purchase was worth the money and feeling a bit of buyer's remorse. I'm only planning on doing three hunts a year - a week long bowhunt in late August / September and a week long rifle hunt in October along with some whitetails back in Texas over the holidays.
I'm wondering if perhaps I would be better off using the OR helium jacket as my only option for real rain gear and my dedicated shell for archery and then purchasing something like the kuiu axis and using that as my shell for rifle hunts in October and whitetails since I'll likely get more use out of it. I'll also add that I anticipate doing a truck camp for most of my rifle hunts and backpacking (if it makes sense for the unit) for most of my archery hunts. I already have good base layers, mid layers and a puffy. Just wondering about the shell....
Thanks for the help!
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